Shade-hanger and curtain-support.



B. KREUZBERGER.

SHADE HANGER AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION rILEnsnPT. 16, 190e.

969,962. Patented Sept. 13,1910.

S14/vento@ @Hozuma UNITED STATF OFFICE.

BARTLET KREUZBERGER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE-HANGER AND CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BAR'rLn'r KREUZ- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, resid-v ing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Hangers and Curtain-Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable window shade and curtain fixtures or supports.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide a simply constructed and eflicient combined window shade and curtain support which is adjustable both vertically and laterally.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a window frame equipped with this improvement. Fig. 2, is an enlarged front elevation of one side of the window frame wit-h this improved support applied. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal vertical section taken on line :3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1l, is a transverse section thereof on line ,l-l, of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a detail sectional view on line 5 5, of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6,'is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the slide. Fig. 7 is a detail rear elevation of a portion of one of the vertical guides.

In the embodiment illustrated, two vertical guides, as l, are secured to the opposite sides of a window frame as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. These guides 1, may be constructed of any suitable material, preferably of metal, and are preferably made in the form of bars or strips provided on their inner or rear faces with means for spacing the side edges thereof from the window frame for a purpose to be described. The spacing means for each strip or bar, as shown, comprises a longitudinally extending centrally formed rib 2, terminating at its opposite ends in enlargements, as 3, having apertures as 4t, extending through the bars to receive the fastening screws for securing the guides to the window frame. The sides of these en- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 16, 1909.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

seriai No. 518,050.

larged portions, as 3, are spaced from the edges of the bars a sufficient distance to permit the sliding member, hereinafter described, to pass freely by said portions 3. The enlargement at the upper end of the bar or strip is provided with laterally extending lugs or ears, as 5, which form stops for limiting the upward movement of the sliding member. These guides l, are provided on their outer faces with vertically spaced notches or recesses, as 6, which are preferably formed, as shown, having their deepened portions at their lower ends and gradually tapering outwardly toward their upper ends.

A slide, preferably constructed, as shown in the form of a. triangular skeleton body 7 having a tail 7 extending from the apex thereof, is mounted to operate on each of the bars at opposite sides of the window frame. These slides, as 7, are each provided on their inner or rear faces at their u-pper ends and at a point about midway the length of the tail 7fL thereof with laterally spaced intnrned lugs 8 and 9, which are spaced from the rear face of the member 7, and are adapted to engage the inner faces and the side edges of the guide 1, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4.

A bracket support-ing bar l() is formed by one side member of the triangular member 7 and extends transversely across the upper end of each slide 7, and is spaced a suitable distance from the rear face thereof to provide for the sliding movement thereon of a bracket hereinafter to be described. The upper bar engaging lugs, as 8, are also preferably mountec on the bracket bar 10, the side edges of said bar projecting a sufficient distance beyond said lugs to permit a bracket to pass freely without danger of stoppage by said lugs. The tail 7 of each slide 7, is provided on its inner or rear face at a point above its free end with a laterally projecting lng, as 11, which is designed to engage the vertically spaced notches, as 6, in the bars 1, to hold the slide in adjusted position, whereby the curtain and the shade, carried by the slide 7, are held at the desired elevation, as will be herinafter more fully described. The tail member 7 is constructed of sufficiently resilient material to permit it to yield laterally to disengage the lug 11 from the recesses 6.

Adjustably mounted on the bracket bars 10, are brackets 12 and 13 each constructed to support a shade roller and a curtain pole. Each of these brackets 12 and 13 is provided on its inner end with vertically disposed gripping jaws 14 and 15, preferably constructed as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, in the form of members substantially L-shaped in cross-section secured at one end to the end of the bracket with the free ends thereof turned downward and spaced from each other and adapted to engage the rear face of the bracket bar 10, and the opposite edges of said bar. A set screw, as 16, extends through one of the jaws and is adapted to engage the bracket bar 10, to hold the bracket in adjusted position on said bar. Each of the brackets 12 and 13 is provided at its free end with a curved pole receiving member 17, such as is ordinarily used to support a curtain pole. The bracket 13, is provided intermediately of its ends with a round aperture to receive the cylindrical stud at one end of the curtain shade roller and the bracket 12, is provided at a similar point with the usual oblong aperture for the reception of the angular spring stud arranged at the opposite end of the shade roller. It will thus be evident that by loos-v ening the set screw 16, and moving the brackets 12 and 13, on the bars 10, these brackets may be adjusted laterally at any desired point to support shade rollers of varying widths.

In the operation of this improved device, the guide bars 1, are first secured to the opposite sides of a window frame by screws or other suitable means and the slides 7, are connected therewith by sliding them upwardly on said bars to the desired elevation when the lugs, as 11, on the rear faces thereof will spring into engagement with one of the notches or recesses as 6, formed in the outer faces of the guide bars and hold said slides in adjusted position. The brackets 12 and 13 are then engaged with the bracket bars Y1Y0, of the respective slides and arranged at the desired position for the reception of the shade to be hung and they are locked in adjusted position by tightening the set screws, as 16. vWhen it is desired to change the vertical adjustment of the shade and curtain carried by the slides 7, the free ends thereof are moved out wardly to disengage the lugs 11, from the notches G and the slides may then be moved either upwardly or downwardly to the desired point, until the lugs 11, again engage one of the notches 6, where they are securely held in position, said slides being composed of material having more or less resiliency.

This vertically adjustable fixture is especially useful when it is desired to ventilate a room by lowering the upper sash of the window and the lace curtain and shade may be correspondingly lowered to permit the free passage of air thereabove.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, the combination of a vertical guide having spaced recesses on its outer face, a substantially triangular shaped member slidably mounted on said guide with one side bar thereof arranged in a horizontal plane and a laterally resilient tail depending from the apex of said member, a projection on the rear face of said tail for yieldably engaging the recesses in said guide and a shade bracket slidably mounted on the horizontal bar of said triangular member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BARTLET KREUZBERGER. lVitnesses:

EMILY G. OWEN, HARRIET L. FURBISH. 

